Hop Valley is one of those hikes that surprised me with its beauty I hadn't seen many pictures or heard much about it before we did it, but it turned out to be a stunning hike Starting high up from the Kolob Terrace Road, the trail descends - lazily at first, then with a steeper section down to La Verkin Creek The valley along the way is wide, with picturesque cliffs lining the walls and a wide, shallow, sand-bottomed stream running through much of it As it heads toward La Verkin Creek, the views of the walls that ...

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Overall we would consider this not only shorter than Not Mindbender but also easier A "beginner-friendly" canyon if they can handle the final, big, free rappel, which is quite spectacular Very few technical section with longer stretches of canyon walking The only real problems are at the rappels/drops

Great canyon, but i think we need to add a few waypoints to the GPS coordinates to the exit And people stop building random rock cairns! they are everywhere out there after the moki steps we invented our own exit which was a lot easier we went out near the south fork trail head you can stay higher longer The last rappel for us was 115' i gps'd it and marked it on the rope if you try and fold a 200' rope without blocking up top you can get yourself into trouble unless those rocks at the bottom decided to move up the...

A friend and I did this canyon yesterday and I feel that the difficulty of the Moki exit is a bit understated The climbing isn't that difficult though it may very well rate higher than 55 in my opinion Aside from difficulty one also has to factor in a certain level of fatigue from spending a long day in the canyon and the amount of exposure on the climb I was able to free solo the exit and then belay my friend up but I seriously have to wonder how someone with little climbing experience would have made it I feel th...

Hey Ryan, Firstly, thanks so much for providing this great information! I know it's in everyone's best interest to protect canyons from over-visiting, but it sure is nice to find some detailed topos We are climbers but not regular canyoneers, and the information provided here is wonderfully detailed Do you have any recommendations for camping near Granary Canyon The more dispersed the better, and I know there's some BLM land in the area but we'll be arriving Thursday around 11:00pm, so we'd love to have a speci...

I'm thinking about going here this weekend with my Bf and dog On another website it says there is primitive camping here Would it be a good place for us to camp and let the dog run free How long of a drive is it from SLC Would a Toyota Tacoma make it down the roads - Alicia

OK primitive camping, I doubt anyone would be around, so the dog running free would probably be fine It's about 35 or so hours from SLC In most seasons, the roads are easily passable by all vehicles This time of year, I would be concerned about mud and/or snow, which could make the roads impassable You might want to call the Vernal BLM office 435 781-4400 and see if they know current conditions

Descended MMI on 4/20/2016 The last mandatory 100' rappel we could not pull our ropes through the rappel ring at the anchor after we were done rappelling due to the ropes getting stuck in the very deeply worn rope grooves at the edge of the rappel I had to ascend all the way up to free the ropes, which took considerable effort and reposition the rappel as far on the rappeler's left you could go to not have the ropes get wedged in the grooves once again There seems to be a need for bolts to the rappeler's left to el...

04/17/2014-We had great weather when we did this canyon! It certainly starts off with a bang- fine for me but a few fairly new canyoneers in my group who were afraid of heights who struggled with the first rappel If you take "beginners" make sure they are comfortable with heights, or they will question why they joined you! When we went some of the webbing was starting to get worn- will probably return in the fall with a small group to replace a lot of webbing The fourth rappel following the two stage has been bolte...